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Marianne Wilson
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Youth Group Meeting Times Senior High: Sunday 4:00-5:30 PM Pizza Plus: Monday 5:00-6:30 PM Junior High: Monday 6:00-7:30 PM What's Happening?
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Current Events:
Service Auction April 24th 5:30 potluck, auction to follow 6PM Our Service Auction was a huge success last year and we are gearing up for a great one again this year. Start thinking about what you would like to offer this year or would like to see offered. Successful items were ones that had a clear description of what was being offered, giving a specific date or time of year, and following up. There will be a limit of 50 items for the auction again this year. All money will be used for the youth mission trips. Triennium July 20-24th 2010 Every three years Presbyterian Youth from all
over the country and world gather at Perdue University for a 4
day youth gathering. Youth eligible are entering 9th
grade in the fall through graduated seniors.
The gathering is a mixture of daily presentations,
worship, prayer, recreation, small groups, and fun. If you
have not gotten your registration form in yet, do so now.
The Presbytery needs to send a final delegation number in
February. See Marianne to get signed up.
Reach Mission Trip June 27- July 3 2010 Summer is a still a long way off, but we need to get commitments now for our summer mission trip. We will be going back to Reach Workcamps, this year in Lockport, NY. To guarantee your spot, a $50 deposit and sign up forms must be completed and handed in. We have sent in our deposit for 8 spots, adults included. Bottle Box- Current total 2010 $35. The bottle box is located next to the Family Promise entrance on the side of our church. Each month a youth empties the box and the money is placed in the general youth mission fund for use on our yearly mission trips. -iGive.com Current amount raised: $77.71 The Youth Group has signed up with iGive.com and iSearchiGive.com to continually earn money for our mission trips we would like to go on. It is quick, easy, and once it is set up, iGive.com will do the remembering for you when you shop to donate to our cause. SELECT your favorite cause 1st Presbyterian Church Youth Group. Register with iGive.com and SHOP at brand name online stores through the iGive.com Mall. A portion of each purchase is donated to your cause. SAVE money with exclusive coupons/free shipping deals. Plus, when you shop within 45 days of registering we'll donate an extra $5 to your cause! Family Promise Cleaning Kits- We are collecting buckets filled with cleaning supplies for families to receive when they get placed in a new home. Supply lists can be found on the Youth Director’s Door. Please leave supplies in youth director office. Prayer Partners: The Youth Council has begun a new, but simple program this spring. The program is titled Prayer Partners. Essentially the youth of the church will be paired with a member of the church for both parties to pray for each other. This is a win-win effort. Some of these relationships will develop into closer, more meaningful relationships beyond prayer. The very worst case scenario is someone will be praying for you. We have done the first round of match ups for all youth in our church from grade 4-11. We are still in need of more volunteers as the youth program grows and new youth enter the 4th grade. If you support this program and wish to volunteer to be a partner contact the church office. We need as many volunteers as we have youth so please consider doing this wonderful endeavor. |
About Us
Pizza Plus is for youth in 4th
and 5th grade,
on Monday afternoons after choir rehearsal at 5pm to join in
fellowship. It is called
Pizza Plus because our favorite meal to have together is pizza and the
plus is for the fun we have! This
group’s focus is on meeting together to eat, play games, sing, and
begin learning about mission through smaller service projects like the
Crop Walk, Community Meals, and church clean up.
Our Junior High group
are youth in 6th-8th grades. They meet Mondays
from 6:00-7:30pm. They will be exploring their place in the church through trying
different opportunities in the church like ushering, greeting,
fellowship time, community meals, Family Promise, helping with
Senior High Youth Group is the busiest group not just in school activities but youth activities too. Between collecting bottles, Crop Walk, visiting the nursing home, yard cleanups, helping out with church events, Reach Workcamps Mission trip in the summer, they do find some time for fun too. In addition to all the fun activities that the group enjoys together, the High School youth are at the crossroads in their faith allowing for us to have more serious discussions. Meetings are Sundays from 4:00-5:30.
